"The River of Kings II - City of Angels", a light and
sound musical is scheduled to open in Bangkok from 24 January
through to February 1, 2001.

It rides on
the success of the spectacular "River of Kings" epic presented
last year. However
the two events are unrelated and vary significantly in their objective
and tone.

While the original
"The River of Kings" presentation offered an awe-inspiring historical
account tracing the glorious past of the kingdom, "The River of
Kings II - City of Angels" is an enchanting musical about a make
believe city - City of Angels.

The fascinating
tale of this city is told in nine acts. They are City of Angels,
the Golden Peninsula, Undercurrent, The Great Colonialism Storm,
Civilisation, Destiny, Realised, Return of the Dheva and From
Heaven to Earth.

Staged at the Ratchaworadit
Royal Landing riverside location, "The River of Kings II - City
of Angels" takes the form of an outdoor on-the-river theatre,
the first of its kind to be seen in Thailand. The magnificent
view of The Grand Palace by night provides a majestic natural
backdrop and adds a real-life regal aspect to this 45-minute long
musical fantasy featuring a cast of 400 actors, many of whom are
well-known international artists of Thai nationality who were
in the starring role of the Thai version of Walt Disney classics
such as Beauty and the Beast, Pocahontas and The Lion King.

A variety of
special effects such as laser vision and animation, dancing fountains
of various shapes, movie-projection onto a 35 metre water-screen,
pyrotechnics and rockets will be used to heighten the magical
aspect of this 60 million baht musical fantasy. Furthermore the
"Nights at Wat Arun, the Temple of Dawn" light and sound
presentation offers a related attraction.

Unlike the
1999 presentation where spectators were ferried from one stage
location to another, the musical will be presented in its entirety
in one riverside location - the Ratchaworadit Royal Landing, and
is viewed either from a cruiser or a 800-seat floating arena of
Japanese design. There will be a total of 27 performances over
the nine days from 24 January through to February 1, 2001.

Show
Times

Three performances
daily from 24 January through to February 1, 2001 with a total
of 2,000 tickets sold per performance.

16:45 -
17:30

20:30 -
21:15

22:15 -
23:00

Of 2,800 available
seats, 800 will be on board the Riverside Hotel dinner cruise
with tickets being sold at 1,000 Baht per seat. The remaining
2,000 seats on a floating arena are available from Thaiprasit
Nationwide at 800 baht each. (Please refer to the contact information
shown below.)

There will
also be a special charity performance on 22 January 2001 from
19:30 to 20:15 exclusively for the benefit of underprivileged
children.

Additionally
part of the proceeds from the event will be donated to three charitable
organizations, one of which promotes the cause of autistic children.

"The River
of Kings II - City of Angels" being produced by the Kantana
Group is sponsored by Thaiprasit Nationwide, the Electricity Generating
Public Company Limited, Thai Airways International, the Petroleum
Authority of Thailand and the Sura Maharaj group.